(Reuters) -Mercedes Formula One boss Toto Wolff has dismissed Red Bull's failed protest of George Russell's Canadian Grand Prix win as petty and embarrassing. Stewards threw out the protest some five and a half hours after the chequered flag came down on the race in Montreal on Sunday.

Mercedes F1 chief Toto Wolff has suggested that the FIA needs to look at their rules after Red Bull's 'embarrassing' protest at the Canadian Grand Prix. George Russell won the race at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on Sunday,

Toto Wolff has slammed Red Bull ’s late protest against George Russell at the Canadian Grand Prix as “petty” and “embarrassing.” Russell, who started on pole, fended off the challenge of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen behind him to win the Montreal race, claiming his fourth F1 win and Mercedes’s first victory of the season.